joeislove's 100-word story for May 20, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 20, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Why do I lie? I said on my Tinder bio that I was into hiking and now I'm sitting here, sweaty and out of breath and pretending to be in awe of some rocks. I hate hiking. I'm more the indoorsy type, let's be honest. And this place just looks like a pile of faded red corduroy pants. That's all I can think of. I'm supposed to be in awe of faded red corduroy pants? I'm not that good an actor. I'm gonna be honest from here on out. "Indoorsy type who loves eating pizza while watching TV." This sucks.

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